On a day when the Dark Knight displayed his former 98 mph fastball, he was out-dueled in the Miami sun by his counterpart, Jose Fernandez, who matched his career high 14 strikeouts en route to a 1-0 masterpiece over the Mets. A resurgent Matt Harvey kept his cronies in the game for seven strong innings, but they didn’t uphold their end of the bargain with bats so silent you could hear a pin drop...
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The Dark Knight finally saw some light at the end of the tunnel with a two hit 1-0 shutout over the wilting Chicago White Sox. It may not have been the better team from the Windy City, but this victory was shades of vintage Matt Harvey, and for the first time in 10 starts, he made it to the 7th inning – and even managed to get the win thanks to a well timed home run. How sweet it must have felt...
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Retaliation for a player who is no longer on their roster took an ugly turn on Saturday when the targeted Chase Utley tagged the Mets relief pitchers for five RBI’s. On his first trip back to Citi Field since his vicious slide broke the leg of Ruben Tejada, Utley has been a marked man who has eluded the fate of a much-anticipated payback. Friday night, when Jacob deGrom stayed clear of a...
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Coming off Matt Harvey’s hellacious outing, faith was restored in Flushing on Friday from the franchise’s best and brightest future stars. Steven Matz was armed and dangerous, and the crack of Michael Conforto’s bat gave the Mets a 3-2 victory over the visiting Milwaukee Brewers. The first inning loomed ominous when Chris Carter launched a two run shot, but the Long Island born lefty then...
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After a grueling eleven game road trip, the Mets found comfort back in Queens by shutting out the Nats 2-0, in a duel between two formidable right-handers that lived up to the hype. This time around, Noah Syndergaard left the run scoring to his fellow teammates, who wasted no time putting the Mets on the board. Curtis Granderson smacked Max Scherzer’s first pitch 359 ft, then in the 3rd inning,...
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